Collar-holder



R. K. AND F. SL MAKER.

coma HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR- 8. I920.

1,356,768, Patented Oct. 26,1920.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Q91 26, 1920 Applicationfiled. April 8, 1920. Serial No. 372,127.

1 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, RALPH K. MAKER and FRED S. MAKER, citizens of theUnited States, and residents of thecities of Providense and Seekonk,respectively, in the counties of Providence and Bristol, respectively,and States of Rhode Island and Massachusetts, respectively, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar-Holders, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to collar holders more particularly adapted forengaging the adjacent front edgesof a soft or unstarched collar, to holdthem in position about the neck scarf.

The object of this invention is to provide such a holder which is simpleand inexpensive in construction and which is provided with automaticgripping members at either end adapted to engage the fabric and force itinto a groove to securely grip and bind the fabric in adjusted position.

The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understoodwhen the following detail description is taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings,

a the invention residing in the combination and arrangement of parts asclaimed.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, like numerals ofreference indicate similar parts in the several views and wherein Figure1 is a front view illustrating a 001 lar with my improved holder inposition thereon.

Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation illustrating the generalconstruction of my im proved holder.

Fig. 3 is a view of the under or trough side of the trough-shaped outerbar.

Fig. 4; is a face view of the inner or resilient gripping bar.

Fig. 5 is a view of the under side of my improved holder, showing thegripping bar as secured in the trough of the outer bar.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged section on line 6-6 of Fig. 2, showing the edgesof the trough as turned over the inner bar for the purpose of binding itin position therein.

Fig. 7 is a view on line 7-7 of Fig. 2, illustrating the fabric afterhaving been guided beneath the resilient bar and jammed into the grooveof the outer bar.

With reference to the drawings, 10 designates the front bar of theholder, which may be made of any suitable ma'terial and which 1Spreferably, swaged or drawn up into a trough shape, an open space ordeep groove 11 being formed in the back or rear side thereof and the baritself is preferablyymade on the arc of a'circle as illustrated in Fig.'2,

so as to conform to the general circular contour of the collar.

To provide a gripping member to cotiperate with this outer ortrough-shaped bar I have formed an inner or resilient bar 12 which ispreferably cut from sheet stock, its middle portion 13 being of a widthto fit closely into the middle portion of the trough of the outer bar,while .its end portions 14 are made somewhat narrower so that each willleavesome space between it and the side walls 15 of the trough, as bestillustrated in Fig. 5.

In order to secure this bar in the trough of the outer bar I preferablyroll the edges 16 at the middle portion, of this outer bar, over thoseof the inner bar, thereby binding the inner bar securely in the trough.I Then again the ends of this rolled-over stock engage theshoulder-portions 1'? of the inner bar to prevent relative endwisemovement between them.

The ends 18 of the inner or resilient bar,

are turned upwardly as best illustrated in Fig. 2, to extend above thetrough edges and are set at an angle thereto, thereby providing an openmouth 19 at each end of the holder between the two bars, adapted to engage the fabric and guide the same down I gage the end 18 of the bar bythe thumb nail and by lifting it slightly when the fabric may be readilywithdrawn therefrom.

The device is extremely simple and inexpensive in construction, veryneat and attractive in appearance and owing to its automatic grippingaction it is very easy to ap ply, and will firmly retain the collar. orfabric in any desired position. The foregoing description is directedsolely toward the construction illustrated,

but I desire it to be understood thatI' reserve the privilege ofresorting to all the mechanical changes to which the device'issusceptible, the invention being defined and openmouth between it andthat of said outer bar whereby in forcing the fabric, beneath said innerbar it is carried into the trough of 7 the outer bar.

2 A collar-holdercomprising a troughshaped outer'bar, a resilient innerbar secured to the trough side of said outer bar,

the free ends of said inner bar being each set at an angle to and spacedfrom the groove in said outer bar to direct and bind the fabric engagedthereby into said trough, and means for securing said bars together.

side Walls of the trough thereover, the ends of said inner bar beingraised above the edges of the Walls of the-outerbar andset at an anglethereto to engage, direct and bind the fabric beneath the inner barintothe trough of the outer bar.

In testimony whereof We aflix our signatures.

1 RALPH K. MAKER.

FRED S. MAKER.

' 3; A collar-holder comprising a trough shaped bar, a resilient innerbar secured in 25 the trough of said outer bar by folding the

